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Bonaparte, Roland
(1858-1924)Kalmouks

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Kalmouks (from the series “Collection Anthropologique du Prince Roland Bonaparte”). 1883. 19 albumen prints, mounted to board. Each between ca. 14,5 x 9,8 and 11,5 x 17,5 cm or reverse (mounts ca. 24 x 18 cm or reverse). Each mount with number stamp and numbered in black ink in the upper left corner; “Collection Prince Roland Bonaparte” blindstamp embossed in the lower right corner of the mount, and the series title stamped below the image on the mount. Presented in original blue portfolio with decorative framing and gilt-embossed title, together with a loose table of contents.

Roland Bonaparte assembled the Collection Anthropologique du Prince Roland Bonaparte in the late 1880s as part of a large-scale project to systematically photograph ethnic groups from around the world. Produced in collaboration with scientific institutions such as the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, the series follows contemporary anthropometric conventions, presenting subjects in standardized frontal and profile poses against neutral backgrounds, often with stamped identifiers. Although depicting non-European populations, many photographs were taken in Europe in the context of ethnographic exhibitions rather than in the subjects’ places of origin. The present group focuses on members of the Kalmyk (Oirat Mongol) population of southern Russia, emphasizing physiognomy, dress, and bodily typologies in line with the classificatory aims of late 19th-century anthropology.